Rodent-exterminator.



C'. J. SILL. RODENT EXTERMINATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 24, 1913.

l Patented 001;. 13, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO l-HClTDYLITHnN WASHING rorv4 D. 1:.

cLYDE J. sILL, or rEEErs, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application lecl June 24:, 1913.

Patented oet. 13, 1914. Serial N0. 775,500;

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern Be it lrnown that I, CLYDE J. SILL, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing at Perris in the county of VRiverside and State o'l California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rodent-Exterminators, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to rodent exterminators, and the principal object is to provide an exterminator in which poisoned material is automatically deposited in a feeding pan. r y

It is alsoan object to provide a reservoir that may be readily removed from a permanent base and reiilled when emptied.

It is a further object to provide a rodent eXterminator with a grain feeding device in which the grain may be sealed to prevent tampering, together with the provisions in the base for securing the cover when the container is inverted over the pan.

lln the drawings accompanying this speciiication and forming therewith the application for Letters Patent: Figure l is an elevation partly in section, showing thevapplication of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device showing the base removed from the ground.

More specifically in the drawings, 5 `designates the base plate preferably of wood having the inclined faces 6 which are adapted to be inserted part way in the ground or a distance equal to about one-half of the thickness of the base block 5 through which is bored a centrally disposed opening 7.,

Secured upon this block is a container holder 8 consisting of a cylindrical shell of metal, having base flanges or ears 9 and an annular supporting serration l() adjacenty its top. This shell is cut out intermediate of the serration and the base to form openings 11 through which the rodents obtain access` to the pan 12, which rests upon the block 5 and is preferably of the shallow dished form shown. rlhis pan is provided `with a plurality of small drain openings 14 which are adapted to register over the bore 7 to allow rainwater to escape. i A

nverted within the shell is a container `16 preferably of the cylindrical form shown, with a conical top portion 17 which is truncated to provide an opening for the exit of poisoned materialadapted to be contained therein. rThe opening into this container is preferably f threaded and provided with a cap 18 which is secured, when the device is in operation, ina bore sunk from the upper surface of the block 5, as clearly shown in `Fig. 2. y

\ It has been found in exterminating ro dents, especially ground squirrels and gophers, vwhere the grain impregnated with some poison is scattered, that the weather causes deterioration and"l loss `of its efficiency, and that other animals than those to be destroyed have access to the grain, and this invention overcomes the above difliculties kin providing a container in which the grain is automatically fed through the opening in the conical portion 17 acting as a hopper when inverted within the aperture-l shell, the opening 11 being so arranged that it is difficult for other than the desired animals to obtain access to the grain in the y pan 12, and that no grain is wasted or lost or covered by movements of the soil in proximity thereto, and when one can is emptied "another whichhas been filled at the fillingstation is readily introduced after the removal of the cover, and the grain is not left exposed to the weather.

`lVhat I claim is:

`l. A rodentexterminator, comprising a base, having a bore therethrough and tapered edges, a flanged tubular shell supported on said base 'having a plurality of openings in the walls of said shell adapted to form access therein, a feed pan provided with orifices secured within said shell and resting upon said base, a container having an orifice in its truncated conical end adapt edto be supported in inverted position by said shell, and a closure for said container, whereby grain orl poisoned material contained `in said container may be sealed when being transported.

2. A rodent exterminator, comprising a base member having a centrally disposed and transversely extending drain bore therethrough, a metallic container holder provided with openings .in the sides thereof and rigidly secured to said base, a container detaohably 'mounted on said holder, said have hereunto subscribed my nume this 16 container having an outlet for the eXt of day of J une, 1913. its contents to the base member, and means disposed ofein the bore in said base member CLYDE J' SILL 5 to prevent the escape of grain through said Witnesses:

borebut permitting the escape of rain Water. W. G. STEWART,

In Witness that I claim the foregoing C. R. STEWART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C." 

